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Betty Lou Bridges

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Posted: Friday, August 03, 2001

Betty Lou Shelley Bridges, 80, died Wednesday, August 1, 2001.

A native of Miami, Florida, Mrs. Bridges was the daughter of the late Harold Franklin Shelley and Carrie Lou Gray Shelley, and the widow of Austin Langbourne Bridges. She moved to Athens from Miami after retiring from elementary teaching in 1989. She was a member of the ARMC Auxiliary, the D.A.R., Sigma Alpha Iota music sorority, and Athens First United Methodist Church.

She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Austin and Ronda Bridges, Huntingtown, Md.; her daughter and son-in-law, Shelley Bridges McDaniel and Jim McDaniel, Athens; her brother and sister-in-law, Harold, Jr. and Dorothy Shelley, Boone, N.C.; and granddaughters, Allison Bridges Yacoub, Baltimore, Md. and Melody Bridges Garrett, Huntingtown, Md.

Funeral Services will be held Saturday, August 4, at 4:00 p.m. at Athens First United Methodist Church with Dr. Bill Britt and Rev. Grady Wigley officiating. Entombment will follow at Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery.

The family will receive friends Friday from 6-8 p.m. at Bernstein Funeral Home.

Athens Banner-Herald, Friday, August 3, 2001

This article published in the Athens Banner-Herald on Friday, August 3, 2001.